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ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comSun, 02 Aug 2015 22:47:55 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: stoptrippnhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/26/devin-mccourty-on-pats-d-i-think-we-can-impact-games-like-seahawks/#comment-3192743
Sun, 02 Mar 2014 04:16:22 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3192743Get a hard hitting safty. Eithe mays or Jenkins
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Sat, 01 Mar 2014 00:19:39 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3191285PAY THAT MAN!!
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 21:54:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3185732Hilarious! That defense couldn’t shut-down the Browns for god’s sake and all of a sudden they’re going to be the second coming of Seattle. Give me a break!
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 21:11:14 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3185607the pats defence sticks. are you kidding.
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:46:41 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3185504Facts are what they are. Pats are are great during the season….then the playoffs come and they lose.
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:34:02 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3185453The fact is, without Brady the Pats don’t win 4 games a year. You can bring up the fluke that is Cassel, but you’d be a fool. The defensive roster still had play makers that year, and the schedule was a joke. Six games a year against the East always makes for a cushy schedule.

Brady is that team for the last decade, and he’s on the decline.

The hoodies attempt to rebuild the defense has been a massive failure, and continues to be so.

The dynasty is nearing the end. No one player carried a team longer in history.

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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:57:17 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184747While I personally believe that this defense can’t perform the way Seattle’s did, but if you ask a player on the team do you think they can; they better damn well say yeah.
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:34:34 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184665CKL says:
Feb 26, 2014 10:34 AM

And to the Pats fan who talked about sacks, I don’t care much about them, just put enough pressure on the QB to influence the throw. Even when the Pats had top scoring defenses, their sack #s weren’t all world.

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That is the issue CKL! They don’t do either in the big games, especially the playoffs. This defense will continue to struggle when it most matters in the big games as long you have scrubovich, grego, as starters and do not add an interior pass rusher next to VW. Those two scrubs seem to take a day off when the Pats play good teams.

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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:57:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184561The Patriots were playing at a top five level until they lost Big Vince and Kelly up the middle, and their leader on defense in Jerod Mayo a couple week after that. When those three went out, they were getting ripped apart up the middle but the opposing running games, causing them to shift slightly to cut off the running game and exposing them more to the pass. Even then, they were still playing pretty well. If everyone comes back healthy and they don’t lost any major contributors, I think the defense is in great shape.

I’m interested to see what direction Belichick goes with the first round pick this year as there really aren’t many holes on defense, or any that would require a first round pick to fix

As a Pat fan, Devin whatever you are presently on, please ensure that you rid it completely out of your system prior training camp. The Patriots have not had a defense since 04. Good defenses don’t rank at the bottom of the league in almost every category.
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The only stats I care about are points allowed, red zone and somewhat third down. I agree their RZ and especially 3rd down d has been below par for several years but they are never terrible in points allowed and are almost always top 10-15 which with an offense that doesn’t underperform in the playoffs (like the Pats offense has done in all their playoff losses since Sb42) is just fine. Since they don’t keep score by yards, I couldn’t possibly care less about those.

And to the Pats fan who talked about sacks, I don’t care much about them, just put enough pressure on the QB to influence the throw. Even when the Pats had top scoring defenses, their sack #s weren’t all world.

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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:34:01 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184519Until you have a Defensive MVP of the super bowl then you can say that
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:30:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184510Hard to say they’d been able to accomplish what SEA did but I did see a potential Top 10 defense before they were wiped out by injuries. They lost their top 3 DT’s for the season by Week 5 (or whenever Tommy Kelly went down) and that caused a major hole all season long. Losing Jerod Mayo for the year was the death blow.
Still, with Chandler Jones, Hightower, McCourtey, Jamie Collins, etc.. and the return of those veterans, they have some talent in place.
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:04:40 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184440If only there was a way to know what play the opposing offense is running before they run it, like a video or something.
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:04:26 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184439beerndrums says: Feb 26, 2014 9:40 AM

The Pats had such an easy schedule as usual.Didn’t play an above average team till week 5 against the Bengals
Every year it’s the same for the Pats schedule…start out easy…play the much better teams at home,of course,and listen to everyone say how good they are
They’re average at best

Now the falcons ended up being pretty bad, but werent terrible at the beginning of the year. If you dont think that’s a tough stretch of games, you’re an idiot. they also played the Ravens in a late season, must win for both teams.

Lol. Sure you can. It would start my removing you. I saw a LOT of Pats games last year and McCourty is awful. Get a reality check Devin.

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That’s funny for a guy chosen as an 2nd team ALl Pro this year.

15 INTs and 50 PD’s in 4 years isnt bad.

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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:56:33 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184415any team can. Just commit pass interference every play and you got it.
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:56:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184411billsfan1 says:
Feb 26, 2014 9:26 AM
Let’s be real. When you play 6 games against Manuel, tannah ill and smith you should look good
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If you bother to look it up, you will see that the best two divisions were the NFC West and AFC
West. The the next best division was the AFC East. That’s right..look it up.
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:51:02 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184403Talk is cheap, Devin, and I say that as a borderline psychotic Pats fan. Even factoring in the likelihood that Belichick purposefully tries to encourage other teams to air it out so we can get turnovers, our defense has been a sieve for years. You guys know sacks are still legal, right?
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:50:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184402The Pats and just about every other team in the league will be trying to reverse engineer Seattle’s defense. This is great since I personally think the big air passing offense dreams from the league office is insane. If they want 7 on 7, then just start a 7 on 7 league.

I have no doubt New England can put together and execute the kind of defense we saw from the Hawks. Sadly they may be one of the only ones that can.

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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:49:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184398Can’t stop a nose bleed…and I’m a Pats fan
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:42:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184373The Patriots defense was easily a top 10 unit last season before being decimated by injuries. The talent is there, they really just need a little depth on the D line and a safety in place of the very mediocre Steve Gregory.

The bigger problem is scheme. The Patriots play a very non-aggresive, reactive style of defense. They need to start being an aggresive defense that attacks more.

Sadly, that’s not going to change under BB/Matt Patricia. They run a defense that all about gap control and discipline, they need to let their guys fly around and make more plays.

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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:40:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184363The Pats had such an easy schedule as usual.Didn’t play an above average team till week 5 against the Bengals
Every year it’s the same for the Pats schedule…start out easy…play the much better teams at home,of course,and listen to everyone say how good they are
They’re average at best
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:37:46 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184358So because the Bills, Jets and Dolphins all suck that should be held against the Pats??? Name a division other than the NFC west where all the teams are good?? It’s crap to continually say the Patriots are only good because they play in the AFC east. Are these all not professional football players? Though I do not feel the Pats D can be the Seahawks , they don’t need to be. They only need to be a top 10 D with having a good offense.
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:33:17 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184346Think the Hawks made an impression?
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:26:36 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184328Let’s be real. When you play 6 games against Manuel, tannah ill and smith you should look good
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Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:25:58 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2245247#comment-3184326Absolutly can…just not in the playoffs. Beating up on the bills, fins, and jets not exactly the same as playing the seahawks.
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